The Lone Ranger was an old time radio show written by Fran Striker about a Texas Ranger fighting the bad guys. Some believe the show was inspired by a book called The Lone Star Ranger, which was written by Zane Grey. This radio show was a hit and was made into books, movies, comics, and a TV show. The main character was played by George Seaton, Earle Graser, and Brace Beemer. Other cast members were John Todd, Jay Michael, Bill Saunders, Paul Hughes, Bob Martin, James Lipton, and Dick Beals. The Lone Rnager inspired another radio series called The Green Hornet. The radio show ran from 1933 to 1956. The show aired 2,956 episodes. The Lone Ranger was sponsored my General Mills. Each episode began with: In the early days of the United States